Ky., Ohio St Stay Firm as Final Four Vegas Faves

Ky., Ohio St Stay Firm as Final Four Vegas Faves: Casino Sin City adhere to the Kentucky and Ohio as a Final Four favorite, and still think that the Wildcats have by far the best shot to win the title of the NCAA.

The odds in Nevada casinos after the game was shown, they think, Ky. - № 1 overall seed in the tournament - 52 percent shot at the title, despite the need to win two more games, gambling expert RJ Bell Pregame.com in an interview with Associated Press.

"Obviously, Kentucky feels the main favorite," Bell said.

Casinos believe Ohio State with a probability of 25 per cent chance of Kansas by 15 percent in Louisville and the possibility of up to 8 percent, Bell said.

Cantor Gaming, which operates six sports books in Las Vegas and shares it with the line of the vast majority of sports books of Nevada 186, is a favorite of 9.5 in Louisville Kentucky, Ohio and 3-point favorite Kansas semifinal on Saturday.

Mike Colbert, director of risk management Kantor said in Paris, including some early betting game, $ 10,000 each for the Kentucky Louisville pushed down with a 9-point favorite. But he said he expects the Wildcat Paris this coming weekend.

"Kentucky, for me, until now mainly about the team there. They have five guys who will play in the NBA on the floor, almost all the time," said Colbert.

Ratings of Kentucky Louisville is the largest gap between the two teams in the semifinal game since 1999, Bell said.

Bell said 17 of the 27 champions was number 1 seed since 1985, when the tournament expanded to 64 teams.

Officials say they support 5100000 filled on CBSSports.com, slightly more than 4 million - nearly 79 percent - in Kentucky, to return to the Final Four. More than 43 percent chose the Wildcats, to win the title.

Records "The Hunger Games, Attracting $ 155 Million Over The Weekend

Records "The Hunger Games, Attracting $ 155 Million Over The Weekend: The long-awaited film adaptation of the book Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games "has surpassed all expectations in the first weekend, pulling in $ 155 million. The total revenue of films some spectacular differences, including the opening weekend's third-largest in history, according to Associated Press:

"Great post marks the beginning of the third best in terms of sales, for the first $ 169.2 million last year," Harry Potter "finale and the opening 158 400 000 2008" The Dark Knight. "

"Harry Potter" and "Batman" franchise was established. "Hunger Games" set the record for a non-profit package, taking more than twice, the first "Twilight" made $ 69600000 film opening weekend.

"This is the birth of the franchise. To run this way is striking," said David Spitz, head of distribution at Lionsgate, which also owns the "Twilight" franchise after its purchase of Summit Entertainment ».

Impressive sales have also received several other awards movie, Jen told Cheney Celebritology:

With just one weekend under his belt, "Hunger Games" is already very close to become a hit in 2012.

"Lorax", which was in wide release three weeks left before the start of the year with gross 177.3 million dollars in his pocket for the environment. Be prepared to give this name to "The Hunger Games" is within the next week.

"Hunger Games" has already earned about 2.5 times more money at the box office in North America as the "John Carter" for the past two weeks.

And he did it with a budget significantly less than half what it costs, "John Carter". If only Disney had less money and gave Taylor Kitsch bow and arrows, things might have turned out differently.

Benefits of good news for Lions Gate Entertainment, a production company Summit Entertainment has bought the company in January, which means yet another teenager bankruptcy "Twilight" under one roof, that the blow Collins, Associated Press reports the Hunger Games. ":

Both films can bring about $ 450 million combined profit, says analyst Cowen & Co. Doug Creutz. Adventures of a bow wielding heroine Katniss Everdeen can mean only 6-7 years old, earn more, Kreuz, adding that Lions Gate can create its first profit in five years when its fiscal year ends March 31.

More than two-thirds of revenue comes from the film Lions Gate, so that means a lot his first blockbuster. Whether he did with staples like Tyler Perry's comedy series "Saw" horror.

The remaining revenue comes from Lions Gate television productions such as "Mad Men", which began its fifth season on Sunday. Although the company does not collect advertising revenue from the popular television series, the success of the public kept him in demand in the manufacturing company. It also increases the sales of DVD and licensing income redistribution.

Opening the figures are good news for the movie with a female action hero. The success can inspire Hollywood to make more films with women's son, according to Christopher Palmeri:

"Hunger Games", which set a record for the biggest opening ever, not luxury, shows how the Hollywood sub-audiences appreciate the recognition of women's action heroes, according to Phil Contrino, editor of the researcher Boxoffice.com.

"People are hungry for something like this," Contrino said in an interview. "Now everyone will look for" Hunger Games the next, but not all, male-oriented, action movie with Will Smith, "on he said, referring to the star of" Independence Day " and "Men in Black. "

"Hunger Games" can go to the seizure of $ 400 million in the country, according to Contrino.

The film, which stars Jennifer Lawrence 21 years as a killing machine by the arrow slinging, has sold 59 million tickets outside the United States and Canada, and was the first in almost all its 67 markets in Vancouver, Lions Gate said yesterday in a statement.

Put Joba Chamberlain in Lockdown

Put Joba Chamberlain in Lockdown: Apparently, Joba Chamberlain to go under house arrest for his own good. The guy has already had surgery on his elbow ligament replacement when he killed one of his ankle last week playing on the trampoline with his young son.

Who knew that a trampoline can be a deadly weapon? Yes, I know, everything that rises must fall, but the jump has to be loose, spongy, elastic, and not as a landing on the concrete. Another case of an accident at home. Luck, of course, but it must be demoralizing and clicking on the pitcher, who once felt the Yankees would be next Ron Guidry.

Recently, a great guy who is 6 feet 2 inches and weighs 240 pounds, more like Jabba the Hut. Weeks of wandering with his right ankle, surrounded by a cast will not do wonders for conditioning Chamberlain. There is not so long ago that Chamberlain was the flavor-of-the-month media hit.

When Chamberlain made his major league debut in 2007, fans and sportswriters love to have her personal story of overcoming a difficult childhood with her mother, who had problems with drugs and his father struck by polio, who, after Joba kids raised only after leaving the Indian reservation in Nebraska . Although some details are blurred increased, which, in fact. There were so many attaboys led Chamberlain to make it to New York Yankees.

Once the novelty was gone, however, is expected to move well. Only wrong, what happened. Yankee yo-yoed Chamberlain bullpen to the starting rotation bullpen. He was a rookie sensation, throwing 24 innings, going 2-0 with a 0.38 earned run average. Yankee fans loved the story of the well-being more than a dog street vendors and hot pretzels. The following year, Chamberlain appeared in 42 games, went 04.03 with a 2.60 ERA. He was only 22 years. So far so good.

In 2009, Joba was a full timer rotation. He was 31 games and went 9-6. But his ERA rose to 4.75. Oh, no.

Chamberlain established useage of schizophrenia and in 2010 Chamberlain was not a single launch. He appeared in 73 games out of the bullpen even closed some games and collected three stops, but the ERA is still there, as an unhealthy reading cholesteral. 4.40 It was not even allowed some that should extinguish the fires, and not turn them on.

Things began well enough to Chamberlain in 2011. He was 2-0 with a 2.83 ERA in 27 keys to the bullpen, where his hand had lost its snap, like a dish cloth wrung out. Hand surgery and followed the game plan, basically, was that Chamberlain, now 26, returns to the active list in June 2012.

Then he was ambushed by a trampoline. There is a terrible description of what looked like Chamberlain ankles protruding through the skin and other breakfast picture, not friendly. While Yankees manager Joe Girardi boldly predicted that Chamberlain will pitch in New York this season, it seems that only a combination of a miraculous cure on the circumstances of his hands, ankles, and a bar to allow this to happen. Nevertheless, it seems that this will probably be in September in a cameo.

You have to feel bad for the young man. Baseball fans gobbled up chunks of Chamberlain at his best, and I wanted to eat more. Now this. It was not as if he violates the rules of society, his contract, or even common sense really. Although I would not play the trampoline if I were a professional athlete is my body, not as Chamberlain walked into a bar fight stupid, riding a motorcycle without a helmet, and went skiing 90 miles / hr

He has played with your baby. It seems that the punishment is much worse than deserved such acvitity innocent.

Gallagher Suspends Tour Schedule After Suffering a Heart Attack, The Other Sunday

Gallagher Suspends Tour Schedule After Suffering a Heart Attack, The Other Sunday: After suffering a second heart attack within a week and a half Gallagher hangs a watermelon with a hammer defeat - at the moment.

Comic prop 65 have canceled all performances at this time on his tour schedule after being hospitalized on Sunday in Sedona, Ariz., after suffering another heart attack, his manager, Craig Marquardo, said the News.

Despite the relatively mild, the attack was the fear of the latest health of the actor, whose real name is Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr., who returned home to Arizona to recover from a major cardiac arrest suffered on March 14, the day before he was set to peform at the bar in Lewisville, Texas.

"We can not be good for someone's heart, mind and health to be airline, car rental and hotel every night, and then smashed watermelons in front of a noisy crowd of the night by night," said Marquardo. «He was on his way for 32 years. "

Gallagher Lewisville heart attack was severe enough that doctors put the actor in a medical coma to treat it. And it was less than a year after it collapsed on stage the comic after suffering a heart attack during a performance at the Whiskey Roadhouse bone in Rochester, Minn.

"I'm tired of [round \]," Gallagher told CNN on Monday.

And it's not like he has no options: comics, who studied chemical engineering at the University, and holds a patent on software is a slot machine jackpot Financial said that his manager.

"He will try to take some time off from touring and how it moves forward, it would still be doing some gigs, but we really cherry choice," said Marquardo, adding that he prefers to let his customers rarely stick rack shows and abandon the physical feature that attracts crowds of wild NASCAR.

Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth Engaged? See Her Huge Ring

Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth Engaged? See Her Huge Ring: Hunger Games by collecting rave reviews and an extrapolation of historical investment in 155 million domestic box office, star Liam Hemsworth and his girlfriend Miley Cyrus was enough to celebrate this weekend. But the pair and three-year hiatus from the top of this obligation?

On Saturday, the former star of Hannah Montana, 19, came out with his beautiful Australian 22 years, Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night XIII event in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Cyrus was not one but two dresses for the event, but the most stunning in his eyes was a diamond ring on her finger I saw a huge wedding. The singer and actress who appears as the beloved Tweet Thursday in a frenzy about the manicure. "I'm soooo obsessed basis jennahipp @ nails! It looks so elegant and classic!" She wrote to the peak.

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Hemsworth and Cyrus hit him during the filming of the 2009 novel The Last Song, despite the split in August 2010, they resigned less than a year.

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Trayvon Martin Case: in The U.S. Could lead to Hate Crimes Charges, George Zimmermann

The Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin if there is sufficient evidence the slaying was motivated by racial bias.

 U.S. Department of Justice may charge a hate crime against the shooter in the murder of black teenager in Florida Trayvon Martin, if there is sufficient evidence that the murder was motivated by racial prejudice, and not just a battle control spiral, lawyers and former prosecutors say.

So far only one such area code publicly against Zimmerman 28 years, George, captain of the Neighbourhood Watch, who shot Martin 17 to February 26 in central Florida city of Sanford. In one of his 911 to the police that night, Zimmerman muttered something that some listeners sounds like an insult to say racist. Zimmerman's father white and mother is Spanish.

"It seems pretty clear to me," said Donald Tibbs, Drexel University law professor, who carefully studied the race, civil rights and criminal procedure. "If it was a racial epithet, which preceded the attack on Trayvon Martin, of course, we have a hate crime."

Others say that the picture is not clear enough to determine that said Zimmerman. And many experts say should be more evidence that he harbored racial bias against black and went to Martin for this reason alone. Previously, he was in a complex theft committed by young black men, possibly suspicious Zimmerman room when he saw Martin.

"They have to show that this person because of race, to focus, religion, color, and so on," said David C. Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor in Miami. "It's not that he was behind someone came down and in the confrontation, which may or may not be on this basis. "

Zimmerman's parents, in a letter to a local newspaper, was their son is not a racist, and the number of black residents of the neighborhood where Martin was shot only positive things to say about Zimmerman. Zimmerman is not charged with a crime, claiming self-defense under Florida's "stand on his" law, a person who is obliged to retreat, when the threat of serious bodily harm or death are removed. Martin says he was attacked while walking to his car, police said.

"It's not a racist," prosecutor Craig Ring talks about his client. "The incident, which was not a racist or a hate crime in any way."

"Standing on its" laws in force in about two dozen more states are under control. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, DN.Y., on Sunday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to ask the federal investigation to determine the killings are not prosecuted because the laws are too burden on local governments.

His parents Martin and hundreds of supporters say Zimmerman should be immediately arrested and charged with the murder of a young man, but local police say that there is little evidence to refute his claim of self-defense. The jury will convene April 10 to consider the fact that government spending is second-degree murder or murder can accommodate.

Upon receipt of no-confidence vote of the commission, the police chief, Bill Lee announced last week he was temporarily stepping aside from his post. City Manager Norton Bonaparte, Jr., said that officials want the problem to be resolved fairly.

Bernie: How Resilient Are Redbirds?

Bernie: How Resilient Are Redbirds?: Chris Carpenter was arrested for an indefinite period due to the irritation of the nerves affecting his right shoulder. This angered the nerves of the faithful of birds on the bat.

The sky is not falling, the outlines of a dark shadow creeping Carpenter just a burden on the 2012 season. History teaches us that when the great man is evil, the Cardinals' rotation feels pain.

Carpenter was in fact excluded from the 2007 and 2008 with the elbow / nerve damage, and the Cardinals finished out of the money in both seasons. When the Cardinals were at least 28 deviations from the Carpenter in the season, they made the playoffs in five of six.

Since 2004, the Cardinals have a winning percentage in the 0639 play by Carpenter, winning percentage in 0540 games created by someone else. Of course, baseball is a team sport. But this team has achieved clearly better results, especially on weekdays from Carpenter.

Anxiety about the state of Carpenter justified.

At best, a carpenter drives a couple of months of rest and treatment, and appear in late May or early June, worst-case scenario does not like. Carpenter 37 27 April, and another operation may mean an end to his career.

Optimism comes easily in the spring, but at some point you have to stop the smell of azaleas and ponder the question: how the loss of support staff and the cardinals of the elite?

Champions World Series was about 17 seconds to enjoy the magnificent conquest of October to manager Tony La Russa to retire.

Don Tony for 16 seasons, the Cardinals finished fourth in the premier league in the regular season wins and the second in playoff wins.

Pitching coach Dave Duncan, the best in the industry, unofficially retired to devote his time and energy to the medical needs of his wife.

Check out free agent Albert Pujols has all but made the earth shake at Busch Stadium.

Even with the sudden withdrawal from Pujols, La Russa and Duncan, the Cardinals in 2012, was in good shape. With the addition of Carlos Beltran offender is a lot of stress, and Adam Wainwright back. The rotation is headed by Carpenter and Wainwright would form a solid firewall NL Central.

Now the Cardinals have to do without Carpenter, at least for some time - or perhaps permanently. How many teams can develop during the previous criteria movement without Pujols franchise, La Russa, Duncan, and a carpenter?

The challenge, even with the former core of St. Louis, who did not flinch when faced with resistance, adversity and chaos in 162 games.

Regardless of how a new manager and pitching coach, no matter how Beltran visits, no matter how many victories Wainwright game, neither team will be as strong after the removal of Pujols, La Russa, Duncan, and Carpenter. It is a shock to the system.

Now, before you hit me over the head with his 40-ouncer filled with red Kool-Aid, I understand that I am not predicting gloom - or even second place.

There is a lot like the 2012 Cardinals. The range of power bullpen arm in a lot of good starting pitchers and living in the NL Central.

Cardinals pitching coach Derek Lilliquist was good during his tenure as the PC at the end of last season, when Duncan took time off to deal with a medical crisis of his wife.

It's just too early to say, as a freshman, Mike Matheny Manager will manage a baseball game in real time and real-world problems piling up of the club, the pressure of losing streaks, the media, and flying debris.

Everything seems to be wrong in the NL Central.

Cincinnati Reds just took a big success, losing about Ryan Madson a new one which detonated his pitching elbow and will miss the 2012 season. Prince Fielder Milwaukee lost to free will, and a starting pitcher Shaun Marcum experiencing shoulder stiffness in the camp.

When Carpenter returns to 20 or more starts, the rotation must be maintained. Lance Lynn Carpenter inherits the place now, and a young starter has a longer arm and the confidence that he can get there in the big leagues.

The Cardinals will enter the rotation in 2012 Wainwright, Jaime Garcia, Kyle Lohse, Jake Westbrook and Lynn. Newbie Shelby Miller, № 1 term, may be in line for promotion in case of need.

You can never have enough starting pitching, and Roy Oswalt will look like waves in a single Cardinals right now. But at least the Cardinals have a sufficiently attractive internal options, it is not always the case when a carpenter is not enough.

In 2007, the Cardinals used Kip Wells (5.70 ERA) for 26 runs, Anthony Reyes (6.04 ERA) for 20 runs, and converted reliever Braden Looper (4.94 ERA) for 32 runs. They turned to Brad Thompson, Todd Wellemeyer, Mike Maroth and Randy Keisler for some 38 combined starts.

Goodness.

It was not so bad, because in 2008, Lohse 6.15 to 3.71 ERA after signing in late spring training. '08, The Cardinals had to rely on housing and feeds the looper and Wellemeyer, Duncan, the two projects. And they were very hard.

Carpenter is the Cardinals' X Factor in 2012. The world champion is not the same with him stuck in a repair shop, it's just a matter of how long it takes to fix it.

We all learned an important lesson at the end of last summer's insane to have a team early. In 2011, the Cardinals made a comeback late in the season of historic proportions.

Again, this command was Pujols, Carpenter, La Russa and Duncan.